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The Eric Carle Museum
of Picture Book Art
  • 125 West Bay Road
  • Amherst, MA 01002
Hours
  • Tues. – Fri. 10am – 4pm
  • Saturday 10am – 5pm
  • Sunday 12pm – 5pm

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Copyright © 1969 and 1987 by Eric Carle Butterfly from The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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  • On view now until August 26: The Art of Eric Carle: Seasons Eric Carle, Illustration for <i>Draw Me a Star</i>, Philomel Books. Collection of Eric and Barbara Carle. © 1992 Eric Carle. Expand
    On view now until August 26: The Art of Eric Carle: Seasons
  • On view now until October 7: Paddington Comes to America R. W. Alley, Illustration for <i>Paddington at the Circus</i>, HarperCollins, 2000. Courtesy of the artist. © R. W. Alley 2018. Expand
    On view now until October 7: Paddington Comes to America
  • On view now until May 13: Eighty Years of Caldecott Books Marcia Brown, Illustration for <i>Once a Mouse</i>, Simon & Schuster. Collection of Marcia Brown Papers, M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University at Albany Libraries. © 1961 Marcia Brown. Expand
    On view now until May 13: Eighty Years of Caldecott Books

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Fern Bisel Peat, Illustration for A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson [Saalfield Publishing, 1940]. Gift of Kendra and Allan Daniel. Shop

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April 20
Special Storytime: Jannie Ho more
April 21
Meet Paddington Bear™ more
April 22
Berkshire Theatre Group Presents Billy Budd in the Breadbox: The Story of Herman Melville and Eleanor more
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